Carmelo Anthony is looking for the last piece to complete a New York Knicks "Big Three."
The All-Star forward said Thursday that he would love to see New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul in a Knicks uniform.
"If
it works out and he comes here and they allow him to come here, you'll
see a smile from ear to ear," Anthony said, according to the New York
Post. "It's not just me. It's everybody [in New York]. If he decides to
leave New Orleans and goes somewhere else, they'll be feeling the same
way I'm feeling."
Paul can become a free agent after this season, and with Miami setting the trend by combining Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Anthony would love to team himself, Paul and big man Amare Stoudemire.
Anthony
and Paul have played together on exhibition teams during the NBA
lockout and could do it again for a New York-area game around
Thanksgiving.
"It's fun," Anthony said, according to the Post.
"He's such a competitor, even in games we play now. He wants the games
to be NBA games -- the intensity level. He wants everybody to go out and
compete. It's something I've really enjoyed."
Anthony said Paul has been spending a lot of time in New York, but he's not recruiting.
"He
spent a lot of time here last year, too, but people weren't hearing
about it because there was a lot of [other stuff] going on," Anthony
said. "But we don't talk about [the Knicks]. ... I'm not one to blow
smoke up your [butt]. If I was talking to Chris about coming to New
York, I'd tell you. It's a sensitive situation for him. I stay away from
it and we have fun."
The Knicks lost to the Celtics in the first
round of the playoffs last season after acquiring Anthony in February.
Paul's Hornets also lost in the first round, to the Lakers.
Source: ESPN
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